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About Major Mangal Nagar Village

Major Mangal Nagar is a small village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 235 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 757 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1888 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345028, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Major Mangal Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Major Mangal Nagar village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jaisalmer
Tehsil Pokaran
Pincode 345028
Area (hectares) 1888 hectares
Population 413
Male Population 235
Female Population 178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 757
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Major Mangal Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Major Mangal Nagar is the 210th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 1888 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Major Mangal Nagar

Major Mangal Nagar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Major Mangal Nagar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Major Mangal Nagar from other places

Major Mangal Nagar lies about 108 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Ramdevra, about 10 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Major Mangal Nagar
Nearest railway station Ramdevra 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Pokaran 20 km
District headquarters Jaisalmer 108 km

Villages closest to Major Mangal Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pokaran tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Major Mangal Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Major Mangal Nagar village had a population of 413. That makes it the 210th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Major Mangal Nagar village has 235 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Major Mangal Nagar has about 757 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Major Mangal Nagar is 345028. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Major Mangal Nagar covers 1888 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Major Mangal Nagar falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Major Mangal Nagar is Ramdevra, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Major Mangal Nagar.

Major Mangal Nagar is about 108 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Major Mangal Nagar is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Ramdevra is about 10 km away. Pokaran is about 20 km away. Jaisalmer is about 108 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Major Shaitansingh Nagar (under 2 km), Shivnath Singh Nagar (under 2 km) and Shri Bhanwar Nagar (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Major Mangal Nagar today is likely to be higher.

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